69 Best Online Gaming Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Online Gaming Startups

We track 71,000+ companies and rank them dynamically using our Seedtable Score – a score that uses quantitative and qualitative data points to signal the momentum behind a company. We then monitor the list manually leveraging our expertise as founders and investors.

There are 248 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $5.9b. The average funding per company in this subset is $84.9m.

Last update to the database: Feb 18, 2025. See changelog.

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Discord

Discord is an American company that offers users a free messenger with support for IP telephony and video conferencing. About 56 million people use the Discord messenger every month, and its total audience exceeds 270 million users.

6

Funding Rounds

$1.7b

Money raised

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Twitch

Twitch is a livestreaming video platform and community for gamers.

3

Funding Rounds

$35.0m

Money raised

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Chess.com

Chess.com is an internet chess server, news website and social networking website.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.0m

Money raised

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Stardust

Stardust is a company that develops solutions for gaming in the metaverse.

2

Funding Rounds

$35.0m

Money raised

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Big Time Studios

Big Time is a multiplayer action RPG that makes collectable NFTs accessible to everyone.

2

Funding Rounds

$110.3m

Money raised

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Fnatic

Fnatic is a professional eSports organization with headquarters in London.

2

Funding Rounds

$19.0m

Money raised

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PlayVS

PlayVS is a company providing a platform for e-sports competitions for high school students.

3

Funding Rounds

$95.5m

Money raised

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Unikrn

Unikrn is a Seattle-based eSports betting site. The company was acquired by Entain in 2021.

4

Funding Rounds

$41.8m

Money raised

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Rainway

Rainway is a Seattle-based developer of real-time, low-latency tools for streaming, intended for developers and organizations to develop interactive streaming.

3

Funding Rounds

$5.1m

Money raised

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Xplore

Xplore is a spacecraft development company focused on launching space missions to Mars, Venus, the Moon, and asteroids.

2

Funding Rounds

$18.2m

Money raised

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Winzo

Winzo is an India-based gaming and entertainment platform.

4

Funding Rounds

$166.0m

Money raised

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Statespace

Statespace is an artificial Intelligence company founded in 2017 by Jay Fuller and Wayne Mackey.

6

Funding Rounds

$49.5m

Money raised

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Esports One

Esports One, the first all-in-one fantasy esports platform with real-time predictive data, today added $4 million in additional funding led by XSeed Capital, Eniac Ventures, and Chestnut Street Ventures. Now, with new funding and new partnerships in place, the company will expand its platform access to global event organizers and support new gam...

4

Funding Rounds

$10.3m

Money raised

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GamingFrog

GamingFrog is a Boca Raton, Florida-based competitive gaming platform that allows individuals and communities to compete in competitive tournaments for money.

1

Funding Rounds

$150.0k

Money raised

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Gunzilla

Independent, innovative, and utterly player-focused; we are a AAA video game developer passionate about creating next-generation experiences that players will remember forever.

1

Funding Rounds

$46.0m

Money raised

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Faceit

Faceit is an independent competitive gaming platform.

1

Funding Rounds

$12.0m

Money raised

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Rune

A mobile application company connecting gamers to like-minded teammates. Its headquarters are located in New York City, New York and the company was founded in 2018.

2

Funding Rounds

$4.0m

Money raised

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Ampverse

Ampverse is a Singapore-based company founded in 2019 by Ferdinand Gutierrez.

1

Funding Rounds

$12.0m

Money raised

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GODSENT

GODSENT is a Swedish professional esports organization founded in 2016 by former Fnatic in-game leader Markus "pronax" Wallsten and entrepreneur Tomas Oropesa Martin.

1

Funding Rounds

$690.0k

Money raised

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gDEX Metaverse

gDEX Metaverse is a gaming platform in the metaverse.

2

Funding Rounds

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Rumble

Developer and publisher of fulfilling free-to-play online games. Available across browsers, mobile and social networks. Learn more.

1

Funding Rounds

$15.0m

Money raised

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Athlane

A technology company that is enabling esports teams to monetize through its AI-powered sponsorship platform.

2

Funding Rounds

$3.3m

Money raised

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Mobile Premier League (MPL)

Mobile Premier League is a company founded in 2018 by Sai Srinivas Kiran G.

5

Funding Rounds

$1.2b

Money raised

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Dream Games

Dream Games is a Turkey-based mobile game development company.

6

Funding Rounds

$525.0m

Money raised

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Arkadium

Arkadium is a New York City-based company founded in 2001 by Kenny Rosenblatt.

2

Funding Rounds

$5.0m

Money raised

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Bigpoint Games

Bigpoint Games is an Hamburg-based company founded in 2002.

2

Funding Rounds

$460.5m

Money raised

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Jagex

Jagex is a software company founded in 2001 by Andrew Gower.

1

Funding Rounds

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Starform, Inc.

Starform was started by industry veterans with the goal of changing the way people play games together.We believe that the best teams make the best games - teams that have a shared vision that they want to build together and bring to players around the world. Our teams work directly with players and chart their own course.

2

Funding Rounds

$6.3m

Money raised

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Node Capital

Node Capital is a technology development and data science company which provides cryptocurrency data solutions to hedge funds and trading firms.

2

Funding Rounds

$300.0k

Money raised

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PortalOne

PortalOne is a gaming startup delivering live game experiences with stunning visuals and next level interactivity.

6

Funding Rounds

$150.0m

Money raised

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Kongregate (company)

Kongregate is a company founded in 2006.

2

Funding Rounds

$6.0m

Money raised

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Turnip

Turnip is a live game streaming and community platform.

2

Funding Rounds

$14.1m

Money raised

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Branch (Castaways)

Branch is building next-gen captivating social games in web3.

2

Funding Rounds

$14.0m

Money raised

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Snatch

Snatch is an AR Gaming Experience.

1

Funding Rounds

$5.8m

Money raised

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Optimove

Optimove is a privately-held company that develops and markets a software as a service (saas) software product, also called optimove, for the automation of personalized customer retention marketing

2

Funding Rounds

$95.0m

Money raised

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GameLynx

GameLynx is a mobile eSport gaming company founded in 2016 by Alexander Mistakidis.

2

Funding Rounds

$1.3m

Money raised

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Battlefy

Battlefy is a company founded in 2012 by Justin Wong.

2

Funding Rounds

$1.5m

Money raised

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Super Evil Megacorp.

A gaming studio that designs technology for cross-platform gaming experiences.

2

Funding Rounds

$29.5m

Money raised

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Skybox Imaging

Skybox Imaging is a Mountain View, California-based company founded in 2009 by Ching-Yu Hu.

3

Funding Rounds

$91.0m

Money raised

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Days of Wonder

Days of Wonder is an american board game publisher founded in 2002 by Eric Hautemont.

1

Funding Rounds

$600.0k

Money raised

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Metafy

Metafy is a platform that enables online players in the world to monetize their talent through 1:1 coaching and courses.

9

Funding Rounds

$91.7m

Money raised

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aBioBot

aBioBot is a company developing and building robots for molecular biology laboratories. It offers an open source liquid handling robot platform integrated with machine learning and computer vision.

1

Funding Rounds

$50.0k

Money raised

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Streamloots

Streamloots is a blockchain company founded in 2018 by Javier Pastor Sánchez.

$900.0k

Money raised

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Rooter

Rooter develops a game streaming platform that connects users with similar sports interests.

3

Funding Rounds

$51.7m

Money raised

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GameDuell

GameDuell is a Berlin-based company founded in 2003 by Kai Bolik, Michael Kalkowski and Boris Wasmuth.

2

Funding Rounds

$17.5m

Money raised

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Reach Robotics

Reach Robotics is a company that is commmitted to creating advanced and accessible robotics to entertain, inspire and educate people.

8

Funding Rounds

$7.8m

Money raised

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FanAI

FanAI is an AI-driven audience monetization platform focusing on esports, its sponsor ecosystem, increasing sponsorship revenues, and making fan data actionable

2

Funding Rounds

$2.5m

Money raised

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QLASH

QLASH is an Esports organization that aims to promote and bring innovation to the Esports industry.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.8m

Money raised

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Misfits Gaming

Misfits Gaming is an American esports organization based in Miami

1

Funding Rounds

$35.0m

Money raised

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Playco

Playco is a developer of instant-play games across a variety of platforms.

3

Funding Rounds

$140.0m

Money raised

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Selventa

Selventa is a scientific consulting services company founded in 2002 by Mike Masterson.

3

Funding Rounds

$12.0m

Money raised

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Fanclash

Fanclash is a real Money Esports Fantasy and Engagement Platform founded in 2020 by Rishabhanatha.

1

Funding Rounds

$40.0m

Money raised

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Gameflip

Gameflip is creating the commerce engine for the gaming Metaverse

1

Funding Rounds

$3.5m

Money raised

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UpOut

Provider of an online event-discovery platform. The company provides information about entertainment events for the underground culture, including happy hours, loft rock concerts, bike parties, masquerades, burlesque and other social events along with an invite-only membership for the users.

2

Funding Rounds

$2.0m

Money raised

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Fobo

Fobo is a San Francisco-based company founded by Ed McManus.

1

Funding Rounds

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Playdek

Playdek is a Carlsbad, California-based company founded in 2011.

3

Funding Rounds

$8.3m

Money raised

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Odeo

A technology company offering a video streaming-based social media platform.

1

Funding Rounds

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OneTo11 Games

World's First Blockchain Gaming Ecosystem.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.5m

Money raised

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Pandascore

Pandascore is an esports data & odds provider founded in 2015.

1

Funding Rounds

$5.9m

Money raised

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Nifty League

Nifty League is a company founded in 2021 by Andrew Mahoney-Fernandes, Ali Timnak and Mike Scott.

1

Funding Rounds

$5.0m

Money raised

Community Gaming logo

Community Gaming

Community Gaming is a company founded in 2019 by Chris Gonsalves.

2

Funding Rounds

$18.3m

Money raised

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Genvid Technologies

Genvid's SDK enables developers to create and deliver premium interactive broadcasts to livestreaming audiences.

8

Funding Rounds

$303.0m

Money raised

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Thirdverse

Developer of online games platform designed to create, distribute and manage VR games.

3

Funding Rounds

$43.5m

Money raised

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Lootcakes

Lootcakes is anonline service that unites and offers rewards the spenders of the F2P gaming ecosystem.

1

Funding Rounds

$200.0k

Money raised

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Alawar

Alawar is a Novosibirsk-based company founded in 1999.

2

Funding Rounds

$3.0m

Money raised

Soba logo

Soba

Powerful no-code tools, available multi-platform, built for Web3

2

Funding Rounds

$27.5m

Money raised

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Bio Architecture Lab

Bio Architecture Lab is a company and pioneer in the application of synthetic biology.

8

Funding Rounds

$39.7m

Money raised

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Subdream Studios

Subdream Studios is a blockchain company founded in 2016 by Jikhan Jung.

3

Funding Rounds

$1.8m

Money raised

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Players' Lounge

Players' Lounge is a company founded in 2019 by Austin Woolridge, Zach Dixon and Dan Delaney.

2

Funding Rounds

$16.8m

Money raised